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Sage Mountain National Park

Address: Ridge Rd., Sage Mountain, Tortola
Phone: 284/494-3904
www.bvinationalparkstrust.org

Category: Nature Preserves, Forests, Viewpoints
Location: Tortola

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Fodor's Review:

At 1,716 feet, Sage Mountain is the highest peak in the BVI. From the parking area, a trail leads you in a loop not only to the peak itself (and extraordinary views) but also to a small rain forest that is sometimes shrouded in mist. Most of the forest was cut down over the centuries to clear land for sugarcane, cotton, and other crops; to create pastureland; or simply to utilize the stands of timber. In 1964 this park was established to preserve what remained. Up here you can see mahogany trees, white cedars, mountain guavas, elephant-ear vines, mamey trees, and giant bullet woods, to say nothing of such birds as mountain doves and thrushes. Take a taxi from Road Town or drive up Joe's Hill Road and make a left onto Ridge Road toward Chalwell and Doty villages. The road dead-ends at the park.

Cost: $3
Open: Daily dawn-dusk

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